Monday, December 15, 2008
Taiwan - 7 days 7 nights of a super-on tour guide, beautiful scenery, good food and reasonably good accommodation.
Midnight flight to Taipei
Surprising clean country
Exchange rate in Singapore 20.30
Exchange rate at Taoyuan Airport 21.40
Exchange rate at shopping places 22.00
Temperature 16-18 dc minus a couple at mountainous areas
Lotsa Sunshine
High speed Rail,
Train,
Coach, Taxi
4 night markets
1 Crazy Horse night club
622 photographs
Thousands of dollars gone
Evening flight back to Singapore
Lotsa food (Yummy snacks every where)
Lotsa 24hrs mini mart (convenient store)
Lotsa motorbikes (Traffic is terrible)
Very few dustbins (they practice the 3 Rs)
Very few police on patrol (other than traffic police)
Very few transsexual & brothels
Its proven and told to us by the guide.
Many many praises to the Taiwan tour guide.
He is very knowledgeable and has got very good foresight.
Good sense of humor and fantastic planning.
We always arrive at scenic areas either being the first or the last so as to avoid the crowd.
Judy and Darling Boo can never stop imitating his hokkien accent.
Damn funny.
And of cos we appreciate that he took the 4 of us out for night activities whenever we asked for it. Something that cannot be missed - KTV and Gaoliang.
Shopping in Taiwan is NOT cheap.
want cheap stuff, head for BKK or better still, stay right here in our very own Lion City.
Serious, period.
Nothing much to buy cos winter but i did come back with a couple of bags and shoes.
Taipei is boring. Other than Ximending, Shihlin Night market, Taipei 101 and many other memorial halls and museums, there's practically nothing else. Or maybe i should do more research on it.
Taipei, Tamshui Fisherman's Wharf- Lovers' Bridge
Those tiny figures are not tourist. They are protesters formed by mainly university students.
Don't ask me why, i have no idea.
国立中正纪念堂
Yeliu - famous rocks
Chiu Fen where i bumped into my darling Claudia yet again,
1st was at the airport.
Train to Hualien
Darling trying to crack open the bamboo by hitting it against the rock.
We had dinner at this really nice place where ppl turned their own house into a restaurant.
Not quite of a luxurious one but definitely a nice experience.
Organic home cooked food according to the guide.
An extra activity threw in by the guide.
To the beach for fireworks.
Not to watch but to light our own. Not tiny sparklers but real fireworks.
See that box that i'm holding? Once lighted, 12 shots, 12 designs.
400NT gone in less than a minute.
Taroko Gorge. Beautiful clear water
Suppose to be a rice field but becos of winter, now become flower plantation.
Not as nice as the ones in Germany or Japan but not bad still.
Fo Guang Shan
Followed by Alishan. A tiring day i swear. Climbing mountain after mountain.
And it was cold!
Peacock Garden. Best visit in summer.
Beautiful Sun Moon Lake.
Donated 2000NT to have our names engraved on the stone walls of the temple.
Some cultural theme park - boring.
Marty Shrine - change of guards ceremony
5-cent driftwood themed restaurant
Taipei 101
Darling has to get his mian sian b4 we head for the airport. haha
it was good, damn good.
No, we din buy a box of oranges. The box is used to pack makan.
1 whole box of muah-chi and another box of pineapple tarts.
Argh, Done.
Home sweet Home.
12:53 PM
